In Pictures: South Asia's week

1 of 9 Oarsmen in Alleppey, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, warm up for the Nehru "snakeboat" races on 9 August

2 of 9 Protesters in Calcutta (left) and Bombay vent their anger at Pepsi and Coca-Cola after research alleged the drinks contained pesticides

3 of 9 Visitors to the Indian Consumer Exhibition in Madras inspect the "Seven wonders of the world" models - made from cake ingredients

4 of 9 Rescue workers attend the site of a gas cylinder explosion in Surat, in India's western state of Gujarat, that killed 43 people

5 of 9 A second explosion this week, caused by builders' dynamite, ripped through the village of Gial in northern Pakistan, killing 46

6 of 9 Flood victims (left) take shelter from rains in Keti Bandar, west of Karachi, while Pakistani fisherman Mohammed Mumtaz Magsi recalls seven days adrift at sea on a raft after his ship sank

7 of 9 And in Nepal, residents clear debris from a landslide in Kulingtar Resort, west of Kathmandu. The country's monsoons have killed 140 people since 30 July

8 of 9 Afghan bodybuilders flex their muscles in a competition in Kabul. The sport, banned under the Taleban, is now popular again

9 of 9 A Bangladeshi money changer displays clean bundles of takas in the capital Dhaka - many of the notes in the country are soiled or torn